Congestion Pricing Update: New York’s Tolls will Have National Implications
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There are seven scenarios in New York's environmental assessment for congestion pricing. How this plays out is crucial to America's effort to rein in traffic and fund transit.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Newsom urges legislature to speed up climate efforts (CalMatters)
- Street-level air pollution from traffic linked to higher emergency room costs (EDF)
- There is still hope for a tax break on e-bikes (The Verge)
- Money for California from federal climate bill (Mercury News)
- Oakland plans an e-bike library (Oaklandside)
- Bicyclists protest LA’s ban on selling bike parts on sidewalks (Daily News)
- Spectacular multi-car crash brings murder charges (LA Times)
- LA ponders reining in cars (LA Times)
- Musk is just a disrupter, not a builder (NY Magazine)
- The “tech revolution” has done very little to improve transportation (Gizmodo)
- Studying very local heat levels from a truck (Wired)
- San Francisco’s housing approval process under state scrutiny (SF Chronicle)
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New Bus Lanes and Upgraded Bikeway Coming to Venice Boulevard
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On the Westside, Venice Blvd will see three new miles of bus-only lanes, and upgrades to extend an existing 0.8-mile protected bikeway to just over five miles
LAPD Shoots at, Misses, then Tries to Charge Unarmed Black Man with Assault with a Deadly Weapon
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LAPD's briefing video neglects to transcribe Jennifer Alvarez' attempt to slow partner officer Justin Freund down and keep him from shooting at 28-year-old Joshua Hatfield
Commentary: Use Third-Party Video, Pics for Traffic Enforcement
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The problem isn't lack of resources, it's a failure to use the tools at hand.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Replacing fossil fuels with “green energy” is just another way to wreck the environment (AP News)
- California’s plan to rely on ethanol and carbon capture would also wreck the environment (LA Times)
- The climate bill abandoned the EV that can make the biggest difference – e-bikes, of course (Electrek)
- Why it took Congress so long to pass a climate bill (NY Times)
- “Investment community” weighs financial risks of climate change (Nature)
- Californians will vote whether to tax millionaires to support EVs (MA will, too, for roads and transit) (Land Line)
- Why is Lyft funding the proposition? (SF Chronicle)
- Architect reveals new details for pedestrian improvements in Hollywood (Archinect)
- AB 922, to streamline sustainable transportation projects, passes Assembly (Senator Scott Wiener)
- Video: Could e-bikes transform cities? (FT Tech)
- Six benefits of biking to work (Bike Radar)
- CA to allow “submetering” to simplify tracking of EV charging (Utility Dive)
- AVs are just the end of parking (Planetizen)
- San Jose weighs building housing at train stations (Patch)
- Truck companies hoped court would overturn A.B.5, now have to figure out how to comply (Logistics)
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Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Climate crisis: Flash flood in Death Valley (Spectrum News)
- US Senate pass major climate, health, and tax reform bill (Grist, AP, NPR)
- What it means for the climate (ETF)
- Chevron refinery fire a decade ago created a new generation of activists (The Guardian)
- Public transit is in trouble – and it’s a lifeline that needs fixing (Governing)
- Using bus-mounted cameras to enforce bus-only lanes (Smart Cities Dive)
- Cargo bikes are cleaner than trucks (Cycling Utah)
- E-bikes are the better EVs (Wall Street Journal)
- Trolleys are electric too! (The Guardian)
- The deadly toll of speeding cars (LA Times)
- Tesla is lying about its vehicles’ autonomous abilities, says DMV (New York Times, Autoblog, Mashup)
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“Vin Scully Taught My Dad English” – A Remembrance
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That skill helped one iron worker get a promotion and provide for his family
SF Roundup: Roundup: Caltrain Clearances, Divisadero Diverter
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...and BART access for the disabled
The Problem With EV ‘Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems’ That No One Is Talking About
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Countless marginalized U.S. communities, though, are already being annoyed by car noise —and experts say that may not change even if every vehicle on the road were electrified overnight.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- It’s time for each one of us to declare a climate emergency and take action (The Guardian)
- TV weather forecasters have been targeted for telling the truth (The Guardian)
- Republican districts are getting the most in clean energy investments – especially CA Congressman Kevin McCarthy (Bloomberg)
- The real roadblock to climate action is red tape (NY Sun)
- Fake pro-climate group works to kill the federal climate bill (Heated)
- Embracing “trauma-informed placemaking” (Bloomberg)
- Palo Alto wants high-speed rail to be on elevated tracks through its city (TR&S)
- Humboldt Transit Authority touts its coming hydrogen-powered buses (Mass Transit)
- How to prepare children to ride transit alone (Driving)
- BART’s onboard ambassadors seem to be increasing onboard safety (The Crime Report)
- But somebody got stabbed anyway (Mercury News)
- Greyhound bus crashes on Highway 99 (Spectrum)
- Jerry Brown’s thoughts on the Inflation Reduction Act, climate, and a lot of other stuff (LA Times)
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